Machine for forming fills



2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

A. H. WIRZ.

(No Model.)

Patented May 6, 1884.

i W No'. 298,148.

INVENTOR WITNESSES:

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PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,148, dated May 6, 188%.

Application filed January 21 1994. (No model.)

1'0 a/ZZ whom, it may" l e well/ 11 Be it known that ulus'r ll. '\-v'inr/., a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county or jlhiladclphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in li'iachines for Forming Pills; and .i do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertall 1S to make and use the same.

My invention relates to machines for forming pills from material that has been made into a paste or doughrollcd or pressed llat and cut into strips of suitahle dimensions; and the improvement consists in the manner of constri'icting the said machine, as will he hereinafter shown and dcscrihc jl.

In the accompanying drawings, represents a front elevation of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is aside elevation. l ig. $3 is an elevation of the side opposilei'o lhat shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 7!-

a (n'ossseel'ion on the line A 13.

(J 1) E are three grooved rollers or erlinders secured in the positions shown in Fig.

0 (Z a are the grooves oxl'en-zling around the rollers U 1) l). I I

c d are combs or rakessrnrurcd at either end to the sides of the machine, and lining into the circular grooves d.

a a are aprons or chutes at the sides of the machine. 'llhese chutes are for catching any of the material that may extend heyond or over the ends of the .l()ll(!l':;l.

A is the drivingshait, carrying l he cyl iin' C, and having a cogavhcel, I), secured tlusreon.

b is a wheel gearing into the eo .g;'-'.rheel r), and conveying the motion to the wheel I)" on the shaft carrying the cylinder Ir). Thisshai't has on the opposite end ihe cogwheel I), which gears into the wheel t, thus char-roving the motion to the cog-wheel [f and revolving the shaft carrying the cylinder it i The cylindersG D If] all; revolve in line same direction, anchany gearing that will. accomplish this result may he used in place of the various cog-wheels herein shown. They are also placed in the frame of the machine, so

that the edges of the grooves c d a come di- :rcclly opposite to each other, the said cylinders lining {ttljllSlZCtl so that the edges of the grooves on one cylinder just miss those on the other. lhe edges of the said grooves c d thus 'l'orin cutters for dividing the strip of dorm-h. The rakes or combs knock or scrape oh." any of the pills ihat ma stick in the grooves.

'lhc og'ieration ol' the machine is as follows: The material to he used in making the pills is 'l'ormed inio a. dough and rolled or pressed flat. alter which it is cut into long narrow sirips oi a suitable size. These strips are then placed lengthwise across the grooved roller and are carried forward by the mo (ion of the cylinder- 1, heing cut or divided by the edge" of the grooves on the cylinders, togetlnn. The continued movement "lllHlUl' will l'orm the pieces thus cut into sphericalshaped pills, which will pass lwtween the grooves in the bottom cylinders,

E i} i), and drop into a receptacle placed underneath the nnirhine. it will thus he soon that the pills are twice eonnn-essod. or run hetwcen l ler the rollers, and the same result is accomplished. with three rollers as would he done la two pairs or sets of rollers. For this purpose (he rollers are arranged in a triangular positiijn and the top roller, l), meets both of the rollers (laud Il and these two rollers (l and it meet each olher.

Having thus deserihed. my invention, what i claim as new, and desire insecure by Letters 'lulcnlol'tln: lfniled Wales, is--- 'l The herein-descrihed pill-machine, cont he; onsuidially, of three grooved rollers arranged in triangular relation to each other, so an to serve the purpose of two sets of rollers, substantially as set forth.

2. The comhimn'ien, with the grooved rollers, ol' the rakes or combs, substantially as described, constructed and arranged to rest in and clear the groov in the rollers, subslanti: l y as set :ii'irth.

in testimony whereof I allix my signature .in pro.'-,;eru':e of two witi'icsses.

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